Our Stories

National Park Service Protected Species Webinar

  In early March 2022, Steph Liguori from the National Park Service hosted volunteer information sessions about the protected species that make areas around the North Country National Scenic Trail their home. The sessions provided an overview of threatened and endangered species’ regulation and compliance, the imperiled species that could live on or near the […]

100-Hour Awards 2020: Volunteer Spotlight

  These volunteers have [respectively] donated over 100 hours of their time to the North Country National Scenic Trail. The National Park Service and North Country Trail Association thank them so, so much for their work, and have presented them with NPS Volunteer-in-Parks (VIP) awards.⁠ Please join us in congratulating and thanking them!⁠ Tracey Anderson […]

Project Spotlight: Arrowhead Reroute Begins

  In the late 80s and early 90s, Minnesota volunteer leaders approached the National Park Service (NPS). In the northeastern part of the state, the North Country National Scenic Trail’s (NCNST) route was far from ideal. Due to extensive wetlands in the Floodwood area, trail leaders were instead hoping the North Country Trail (NCT) could […]